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VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982)

Julie Andrews masquerades as a gay man in drag in writer/director Blake Edwards’ 1982 gender-bending musical comedy VICTOR/VICTORIA.

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Palmy Days (1931)

The 1931 pre-code Hollywood film PALMY DAYS features a “Pansy” buying a cake, drag, and two queer-coded leads

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CAMP (2003)

Out writer/director Todd Graff’s 2003 musical comedy-drama CAMP follows a group of teenagers at a summer camp for the performing arts.

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42nd STREET (1933)

Warner Baxter’s character, Julian Marsh, in the 1933 pre-code musical 42nd STREET was originally written as gay - but only a brief glimpse of subtext remains in the film adaptation.

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